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Diversity Initiatives
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APPAM supports and encourages diversity in all of its programs and activities,
including diversity in terms of research discipline, gender, race/ethnicity,
normative perspectives, and national emphasis. The association has an active Diversity Committee that provides guidance on how to enhance diverse participation in APPAM. Specific initiatives in these areas are as follows.
Research Discipline
APPAM desires
the participation of individuals trained in every research discipline related
to public policy analysis and management. In recent years, APPAM has undertaken a special efforts to attract sociologists and environmental scientists to the association's programs and activities. About half of the recent participants in the annual Fall Research Conference have come from disciplines other than economics and public policy.
Gender
Women now comprise
more than 46% of APPAM's individual membership and 90% or more of the panels
at the annual Fall Research Conference involve women. APPAM is committed to
supporting women involved in public policy analysis and management through
several initiatives, including recommending that all panels at the Fall Research
Conference include women presenters, establishing a specific area within
the conference for the discussion of gender in public policy and management, and making
the participation of women in the association's leadership a long-term
priority. Over the past 10 years, four out of 10 APPAM presidents have been women. The APPAM Policy Council (our board of directors) currently is about 44% women (18 of 41 persons in 2008).
Race and Ethnicity
APPAM encourages
racial and ethnic diversity in its membership and all of its activities.
Attendees at recent Fall Research Conferences have been approximately 14% of minority backgrounds. The APPAM Diversity Committee regularly engages in outreach to minority-oriented social science affinity groups and associations to encourage participation in APPAM among researchers from minority backgrounds. Furthermore, APPAM is a major sponsor of the Public Policy and International
Affairs Program (PPIA), a national initiative dedicated to increasing diversity
in public service. For more information on PPIA, click here.
National Emphasis
APPAM welcomes
international members to the Association. There are no additional
membership charges for international members to receive publications and
other benefits. Beginning with the 1999 Fall Research Conference, APPAM
has sought to integrate international policy and comparative policy and management research into
all appropriate conference panels.The APPAM Committee on the Fall Research Conference specifically recruited additional international and comparative sessions in the 2005, 2006 and 2007 conferences. APPAM also is developing closer relationships
with public policy associations in other countries, including the
UK Social Policy Association.
Normative Perspective
APPAM seeks to include a wide range of normative perspectives on policy and management issues in its
conferences an other activities. By fostering intellectual exchanges among perspectives, the association can
better achieve its goals for improving the quality of research in the field. The Diversity Committee regularly
promotes participation in APPAM among researchers that span a range of perspectives on the key issues of the day.
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